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Pentagon to cut spending by $78 billion, reduce troop strength
The Washington Post ^ | January 6, 2011 | Craig Whitlock

Posted on 01/06/2011 12:04:47 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction

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Plan to shrink active duty Army and Marine Corps.
1 posted on 01/06/2011 12:04:53 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction
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To: ConjunctionJunction

when we said we wanted the govt to cut back on spending we didnt mean the damn military.


2 posted on 01/06/2011 12:05:52 PM PST by eak3
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To: ConjunctionJunction

Glad I got my commission when I did! Although even if I wanted to go active right now, I wouldn’t be able to. I have heard they are not taking anyone below the rank of CPT.


3 posted on 01/06/2011 12:07:34 PM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: ConjunctionJunction

Where’s the plan to reduce the missions we require of them.


4 posted on 01/06/2011 12:07:38 PM PST by DManA
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To: ConjunctionJunction

A damn drop in the bucket.


5 posted on 01/06/2011 12:09:16 PM PST by org.whodat
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To: eak3

Well, my thought is this: could Germany, Japan, etc. run more of their own defense instead of having our troops patrolling around? I honestly think so, and honestly if self-reliance is a conservative virtue, why not place most of Europe, and the nations we used to occupy on a path to self-reliance? It honestly make sense to me at face value, but only at face value. I honestly hope and send my appeals though, that it’s not just the military, but also working out the other problems as well.


6 posted on 01/06/2011 12:09:26 PM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: ConjunctionJunction

I guess we could have expected Obama to slash the military budget and weaken America further.


7 posted on 01/06/2011 12:10:54 PM PST by The Great RJ (The Bill of Rights: Another bill members of Congress haven't read.)
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Two wars, persistent terrorist threat, China and Russia building new weapons, and an invasion through our southern boarder... soooo, cut the military.

This nation is upside down.

8 posted on 01/06/2011 12:12:01 PM PST by Never on my watch (When Obama was born, the movie "The Manchurian Candidate" was in production. Coincidence?)
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To: eak3

Clinton/Carter approach. Make us defenseless and vulnerable to attack. Brilliant!


9 posted on 01/06/2011 12:12:18 PM PST by Squidster
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To: ConjunctionJunction

I smell a RAT. This announcement the day of the House Republican reading of the Constitution. The loss of the supermajority in the Senate etc.

Yeah, I smell a RAT. A BIG RAT.

It’s all politics all the time with the Leftists, and Gates ain’t no Conservative.


10 posted on 01/06/2011 12:12:56 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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Obama just sent 1400 more Marines to Afghanistan.
11 posted on 01/06/2011 12:13:57 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Morpheus2009

Unless western countries protect their borders and stop islmic immigration then a military is becoming almost a waste. America is being destroyed from the inside.


12 posted on 01/06/2011 12:14:11 PM PST by Frantzie (Slaves do not have freedom only the illusion of freedom & their cable TV to drool at)
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To: ConjunctionJunction

Fighting a war that we’re essentially losing with a smaller budget,the math doesn’t work.


13 posted on 01/06/2011 12:14:11 PM PST by Del Rapier
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when we said we wanted the govt to cut back on spending we didnt mean the damn military.

Under this regime, that's the FIRST place they'll cut. Seen any substantial cuts anywhere else in the government?

14 posted on 01/06/2011 12:14:44 PM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: Morpheus2009

How about we pull out of the Balkans entirely, and let old Europe deal with the Albanian Muslims and their Middle Eastern financiers and military backers all by themselves?


15 posted on 01/06/2011 12:16:59 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
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To: rockinqsranch

Budget this year was over $708 , that cut over 5 years is about 10%. A year, not much.


16 posted on 01/06/2011 12:19:26 PM PST by org.whodat
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To: Del Rapier

You’re right, but the Left wants us to lose.


17 posted on 01/06/2011 12:19:32 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction
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Gates was ordered by Obama to go out there today with this announcement to cover for the fact that he's asking for troop levels to be increased in Afganistan.

Obama's left wing base needs some comforting.

18 posted on 01/06/2011 12:19:32 PM PST by what's up
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DOD will reduce troop,cut training and miltary hardware strength yet will expand:

1) Gay/Lesbian awareness personnel
2) Diversity Training
3) Multicultural Specialists
4) Wiccan Chaplains
5) Committees in charge of reducing the carbon footprint of the military.

Our next war will be disastrous...


19 posted on 01/06/2011 12:22:16 PM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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This is easy to achieve without harming readiness one iota. Does anyone doubt that there is more $ than this wasted in just contractor fraud alone? Revolving door sinecures? How about all those fancy perks for the General Staff and the mass of senior officer? Cripes, what’s the payroll for all those drones that wander the halls of the Pentagon?


20 posted on 01/06/2011 12:23:05 PM PST by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
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